atheos

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, godless, without a god).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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atheos m (genitive atheī); second declension

  1. an atheist; one who rejected the gods worshipped by the wider society.
    • 45 B.C.E., Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63
      quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est []
      Diagoras, who is called an atheist, []

Declension

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Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative atheos atheī
Genitive atheī atheōrum
Dative atheō atheīs
Accusative atheon atheōs
Ablative atheō atheīs
Vocative athee atheī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: ateu
  • English: atheist
  • French: athée
  • Galician: ateo
  • Italian: ateo
  • Portuguese: ateu
  • Romanian: ateu
  • Sicilian: àtiu
  • Spanish: ateo

References

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  • atheos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • atheos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • atheos in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016